Can I install iOS 6 on an iPhone 3G?
While I'm not to the level of being a TV worthy horder, I generally don't throw away my electronics. Want to play an original ColecoVision? Come on over and we can play Donkey Kong, Jr. Want to use WordPerfect on a 1994 Acer computer with Windows 95? Let me just pull that out of the upstairs closest. Point being, I don't really have anything to lose other than potentially bricking my very first iPhone, which would be mildly sad. Would it be possible to install iOS on a 3G? I don't want to try it if there zero chance, but if there is a possibility that it will work, I'll give it a go.
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Try this method from Whited00r: http://www.whited00r.com/ ... you can use this system with locked or unlocked iPhone 3g phones.
This custom firmware allows you to run iOS 6 on an iPhone 3 ... this would also allow you to run programs (like the latest version of Facebook app which requires at least IOS 4.3
The highest iOS normally for an iPhone 3g is v4.2.1
Russ Offord
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I have a 3g, with ios6 installed on it, and it works just fine. the things that are on an i5 or i6 just don't work on the 3g, such as sari, but all the other stuff works great. no problems out of it at all.
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I don't think that iOS6 will gonna work for iPhone 3gs. Reasons: Outdated Hardware and the lack of memory. Still you can give a try and let us know if it works for you.
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The lack of memory on the 3G is going to keep it from working, and unlike the 3GS, Apple no longer supports the 3G. If you hop in your time machine and go back to 2010, Apple tried to update the 3G with iOS, you will see that it did not go well, and many of the feature of iOS 4.0 were dropped for the 3G. It is possible on a 3GS which is the oldest supported iPhone, but I'm not sure that it is worth doing due to the dated hardware of the 3GS.
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Yes, you can install a customized iOS Firmware from whited00r.com
But it doesn't allows you to access many of the Original iOS 6 features, but you can enjoy the Apperance of iOS 6.
I Am an Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB (Factory Unlocked) User and very much HAPPY with it.
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